America's oldest tombstone came from Belgium and belonged to an English knight

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-reveals-america-oldest-tombstone-belgium.html

by wglb • 2 years ago

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ekianjo• 2 years ago

Belgium did not exist as a country at the time, though.

<Julius Ceasar> also specifically used the Latin word "Belgium" to refer to a politically dominant part of that region, which is now in northernmost France. In contrast, modern Belgium, together with neighbouring parts of the Netherlands and Germany, corresponds to the lands of the most northerly Belgae – the Morini, Menapii, Nervii, Germani Cisrhenani, and Aduatuci.

What else would you call the region, commonly known as Belgium during that time?

fakedang• 2 years ago

Gallia Belgica

AStonesThrow• 2 years ago

On Wikipedia, they would write that it "came from modern-day Belgium", which sounds like a time travel scenario to me.

You'll also see infoboxes overflowing with anachronistic place names, sometimes attempting to clarify the archaic ones. They're not supposed to be there.

America's oldest tombstone came from Belgium and belonged to an English knight

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